The Web - VirtUal Pinball eXTreme

[yotsuya]

Nice job so far, Ond!

[Ond]

Nice job so far, Ond!

Thanks yotsuya, it is close to being finished but also playable. I guess I broke that rule 

Here's something to fill the space until I get back to this project. A short video showing a bit of game play. Sorry about the blackness at the videos end - clumsy me.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CFzpu-ElO-M?feature=share

[javeryh]

Man, these things look like so much fun. Very nice work. 

Some day...

[Ond]

Man, these things look like so much fun. Very nice work. 

Some day...

They are lots of fun for sure. I've learnt a lot about everything VPIN from initial design, construction, to setting up all the software. In particular I've  managed to get my head around the back glass editing tool. Using that together with Photoshop allows me to customize the back glass files for correct fit, DMD setup etc.  I wasn't happy with the all 3D printed coin plate so I'm re-doing that partly in sheet metal and partly in 3D printed parts. I will post up that in detail as I work through it.  Here's a short video for Malenko since he's doing a The Machine: Bride Of Pin-Bot restore/convert to VPIN.  The artwork is probably what I like most about that game, especially the back glass, looks awesome!

https://youtube.com/shorts/obwmtDzc6F8

[javeryh]

That looks so incredible it's hard to believe it's not a real pinball table.

[Zebidee]

That looks so incredible it's hard to believe it's not a real pinball table.

My thoughts exactly!

Another Ond piece of tech-art. Leaves me feeling both "in awe" and "inadequate". Outstanding.

I want one too but know my limitations   

[Ond]

Just a general update. All projects (including non-arcade related) got put on hold due to moving house and getting setup. My wife and I moved out to the countryside.
The guy who owned the place before us was a keen gardener. In the last few weeks I've been figuring out what kinds of fruit trees I have (Google lens helps). Turns out I have a few types of apple trees, lemon and fig trees as well.

My workshop is very nice after much hard work. Left over from the previous owners renovations, was a whole lot of floating timber floor panels. Naturally these were used to cover my workshop floor! Way nicer than cold concrete I think.
I also gave the space some fresh coats of paint. Here's a pic.  Oh yeah, through the window, another fruit tree, a giant grape vine growing along the verandah edge!

Back to building stuff soon as I can.

[Zebidee]

My workshop is very nice after much hard work. Left over from the previous owners renovations, was a whole lot of floating timber floor panels. Naturally these were used to cover my workshop floor! Way nicer than cold concrete I think.
building stuff soon as I can.

Nice improvement with the timber floor. I can tell you from experience that concrete floors generate concrete dust, and that will get into your lungs as well. I don't know if that can translate into silicosis, but better safe than sorry. After tiling the floor of my lab, I know that I spend a lot less time clearing gunk out of my sinuses.

Urethane coatings over concrete wear off, and anything plastic-y will stick too it. I don't understand exactly what chemical process is going on, but it has even caused the near-indestructible wheels of my Samsonite luggage to disintegrate over about a year!

In the workshop at Questacon (National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, where I used to work) they used parquetry floors in the workshop. Expensive, but much nicer to walk and work on all day, still very solid, and much friendlier to expensive tools when accidentally dropped.

Love your view